Salt-holder for cattle



(No Model.)

H. A. LEE. SALT HOLDER FOR CATTLE.

Patented Sept. 21, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY A. LEE, OF BROOKLYN, NElV YORK.

SALT-HOLDER FOR CATTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 590,458, datedSeptember 21, 1897. Application filed February 18, 1897. $erial No.624,002. (No model.)

To all whom, it 777/601] concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY A. LEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented an Improvement in Salt-Holders for Cattle, of which thefollowingis a specification.

In Letters Patent No. 518,819, granted to me April 2i, 1894., a holderfor salt bricks is represented in which the block or brick of salt isreceived into a frame and the same is connected to a backing orstationary frame by interlocking devices or hinges, but the movementthat the parts receive where the salt is being licked sometimes loosensthe interlocking devices or the hinges become rusty and do not turnfreely.

In my Patent No. 485,328 the block of salt rests upon a bottom bar orsupport that extends from one side to the other, but there is noconnection at the top, as the block of salt has to be slid down from thetop, the back not being open.

The present invention is an improvement upon the aforesaid devices; andit consists in the combination,with the frame that holds the block ofsalt, of slides that are permanently fastened to the wall or partitionand receive the projecting edges or flanges upon the frame, so that theframe with the block of salt is slipped downward into the slides andremains in its position by the weight of the block and frame and can beremoved by lifting the frame and block bodily from the stationaryslides.

As the animal usually licks the block of salt in an upward directionfrom the bottom and where the frame extends over the block of salt atthe upper and lower portions, as.

well as at the sides, such upper and lower portions interfere with thetongue and the block of salt is not uniformly consumed. I therefore formthe frame that receives the block with sides that lap over the block andwith connecting-bars at top and bottom in the rear portions of theframe, so as to be out of the way of the tongue of the animal in lickingthe salt.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the parts in position foruse. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the frame for the block of salt;

the block of salt is introduced into the frame I from the rear it cannotfall out in consequence of the overlap of the sides of the frame, andthese sides 2 and 3 are connected at top and bottom by the integral bars4: and 5, which bars are of sufficient strength to hold the sidestogether, and they are at the back portions of the frame, so as not tocome into contact with the tongue of the animal while licking the salt,and at the opposite vertical edges of the frame 13 there are flanges orprojections 6, that pass into the grooves or recesses in the verticaledges of the slides C. These slides C may be screwed or otherwisefastened to the wall or partition and may be separate or connected toeach other by the cross bottom piece 7, or the slides may be upon a backplate hung orfastened upon the wall or partition.

In either form the frame B with the block of salt in the same is to beslid from the top of the slides downward, with the flanges 6 in theslides and a suitable stop, such as that shown at 8, is employed toarrest the downward movement of the frame and block of salt.

By this improvement the block of salt is firmly held in position and itis easy of access for the tongue of the animal until the entire block isconsumed, or nearly so, and the frame can be easily lifted out andanother block or brick of salt inserted and the parts restored to theirnormal positions, and there is no risk of the parts becoming detachedwhile in use or becoming rusted together so as to be immovable.

The integral top and bottom bars give the necessary strength to thedetachable frame having the open back.

I claim as my invention- 1. The salt-holder for cattle composed of arectangular frame open at the back to receive the block or brick of saltand having sides that fit or retain the salt, and integral bars at thetop and bottom connecting the sides of the frame at the back portionswhereby the cross-bars are not in the way of the tongue of the animal inlicking the salt, substantially as set forth.

2. The salt-holder for cattle composed of a rectangular frame open atthe back to receive the block or brick of salt and having sides that fitor retain the salt, and integral bars at the top and bottom connectingthe sides of the frame at the back portions whereby the integral barsare not in the Way of the tongue of the animal in licking the salt,there being projections or flanges at the edges in combination withvertical slides adapted to being secured to the wall or partition andinto which the frame and block of salt are slid from the top downward,substantially as set forth.

The salt-holder formed of an open frame for receiving the brick or blockof salt from the back, the sides of the frame being inclined toward eachother and corresponding to the trapezoidal shape of the block or brick,7

